Pilots approached same runway in February crash, investigation report says

9:17 AM,
Dec. 4, 2012

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An air traffic controller guiding a plane that crashed in February at Melbourne International Airport cleared its pilot to land, but did not specify that he should wait for another aircraft to do so first, according to a recently released federal investigation report into the Feb. 29 crash.

The pilot, Robert Kurrus, owner of Premiere Theaters Oaks Stadium 10 in Melbourne, was killed in the crash of the Cirrus SR-22 plane, along with two of his theater managers James Franklin, 24, of Palm Bay; and Justin Gaines, 25, of Palm Bay.

While the new report from the National Transportation Safety Board ...